DIP69 - Implement scope for escape proof references

[Daniel Murphy via Digitalmars-d]

"Walter Bright"  wrote in message news:m5p99m$luk$1 at digitalmars.com...

> http://wiki.dlang.org/DIP69
>
> Despite its length, this is a fairly simple proposal. It adds the missing 
> semantics for the 'scope' storage class in order to make it possible to 
> pass a reference to a function without it being possible for it to escape.
>
> This, among other things, makes a ref counting type practical. It also 
> makes it more practical to use other storage allocation schemes than 
> garbage collection.
>
> It does not make scope into a type constructor, nor a general 
> type-annotation system.
>
> It does not provide an ownership system, though it would complement one.

This looks really good.  Nice work.